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GeneD14 reacted to ncoonen's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with
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I made a 3-point ballast block for my Kioti CK3510H using the frame from an ancient 3-point scoop. I boxed that up, added some rebar, a... -
GeneD14 reacted to amhicks21's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
Here's one i built for my work tractor for snow plowing. I made it to tuck in as close to the tractor as possible to transfer less...
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GeneD14 reacted to Dan Hunter's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
Mine. About 1/2 ton
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GeneD14 reacted to eubie5's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
That is a good deal. My 30 gallon barrel took almost 10 60lb bags to fill. I cheated and rented a small cement mixer from Home depot...
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GeneD14 reacted to arizona98tj's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
I finished my weight box several weeks ago. It is right about 900 pounds by my calculations. Mine is simple....no hitches, no chainsaw...
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GeneD14 reacted to TractorNH's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
I've had my ballast in use for a while now and just realized I didn't post the pics of it. My bad, so here it is now. Estimated weight...
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GeneD14 reacted to MF RED in MT's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
Here's a link to the weight box I build almost a decade ago...
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GeneD14 reacted to stevewarner1957's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
I’ve posted my take on this issue at other places so you might have seen it before. I made mine out of a 1938 Westinghouse welder...
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GeneD14 reacted to Mustangjames's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
Home built for my subcompact. 500lbs of sand
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GeneD14 reacted to cat fever's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
Thanks Ken, It's a total of 10 cubic feet. 24" square X 30" tall. The distance from lower links to upper link is 24". Here's what it...
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Ken, attached are pictures of the steel framework inside the block of cement. 36, 60 lbs bags of cement mix. No other steel in the...
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GeneD14 reacted to cat fever's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
All hooked up. No welding just drilled and bolted inside.
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GeneD14 reacted to cat fever's post in the thread Let's see some homemade 3 point ballast! with Good Post.
Here ya go. 1600+ pounds